CVE-2022-42951

8.1 highEPSS 0.7%

High (8.1) in couchbase couchbase server. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.5.x and 6.6.x before 6.6.6, 7.x before 7.0.5, and 7.1.x before 7.1.2. During the start-up of a Couchbase Server node, there is a small window of time (before the cluster management authentication has started) where an attacker can connect to the cluster manager using default credentials.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.1 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 51% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-287, CWE-362
Published: 2023-02-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

couchbase:couchbase_server

References

https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/release-notes/relnotes.html
https://forums.couchbase.com/tags/security
https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/
https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/release-notes/relnotes.html
https://forums.couchbase.com/tags/security

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